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The Golden State has been under siege from devastating wildfires, unlike any they have seen before. At the time of this article 140,000 acres have been consumed due to the Camp Fire just North of Sacramento which is considered only 40% contained. Camp Fire has grown to be the most destructive and deadliest wildfire in California’s history.
A focus of many hospitals, ambulatory surgical centers, and clinicians is improving surgical outcomes and post-op recovery for the patients they serve. And with good reason. Not only do these providers care about their patient outcomes and recovery experience, but the information is now publicly searchable on sites like Healthgrades.com.
Three pharmaceutical brands have, to date, announced the completion of their COVID-19 Vaccines. However, not all had the same efficacy, or effectiveness, in clinical trials. Nor do they each require the same handling procedures or have the same funding sources. In fact, there may be significant variance.
FDA recalls popular meds due to cancer-causing agents found. Learn how to share vital information with your patients. QliqSOFT offers a HIPAA-compliant messaging platform to aid in effective patient communication during emergencies and recalls. Contact us for more information.
The 2018 flu season is shaping up to be one the worst in nearly a decade and your practice is not immune. The CDC FluView report for the last week of January even states that a “cumulative rate of 51.4 laboratory-confirmed influenza-associated hospitalizations per 100,000 population” has been observed. We’re all feeling the pain but at QliqSOFT we would like to recommend some simple steps that may just help you prepare and protect your patient population.
Qliq University, an online, interactive, course of webinars officially launched with it’s first class, Basics Bootcamp, on April 26th 2019. QliqSOFT customers from across the country attended to learn more about this exciting new initiative. Basics Bootcamp served as an orientation, detailing the course curriculum, goals, and more. We caught up with Jolean Sheffield, Qliq University Instructor and Director of Customer Success to learn more.
Broadcast messages are ideal for sending out information to multiple users where the responses only need to be seen by the sender, for example - alerts, codes, informational communication. We covered several examples in our class but the best ones always provide clear, concise, actionable information. These messages engage users with a call to action.
To help hospitals and health systems meet the potential patient-surge associated with COVID-19 outbreaks across the country, QliqSOFT,Inc. is releasing an all-in-one COVID-19 Virtual Patient Communication Kit that provides digital tools for screening and education in line with the Center for Disease Control's (CDC) guidelines.
Busy practices and ambulatory services centers know how much manpower it takes to share information with patients. Even more so when that information is time sensitive or condition critical. They know the pain of trying to collect the necessary forms, set up referrals, and contact no-shows and cancellations. They know the should survey patients about quality, satisfaction, and more. Making the reasons to use secure texting with patients abundant.
It might seem like a pointless question - smartphones vs. pagers? Glance down at all the apps and features on your phone. You’ll have 100 reasons why it’s preferable to a little black box that only transmits limited numeric combinations. So why do clinicians across the world still rely on this outdated technology?
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) defines what a hospital readmission is. “An admission to an acute care hospital within 30 days of discharge from the same or another acute care hospital.” They have created several programs to deal with the problem of readmissions. In an effort to reduce the number of patients returning to the hospital, they have lowered reimbursements to the hospital for medicare and medicaid patients.
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